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Translator of Demian by Hermann Hesse into English - an interlinear translation for German students and those who want to see the original text.
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Mousavi's Twitter account reports in English (every once in a while they do that) that yes, he has been placed under house arrest. 1388 corresponds to 2009, by the way. The message just before (in Persian) says:"Mir-Hossein Mousavi has not left the people alone but due to the Ministry of Information of the Islamic Republic he is under house arrest and has no contact with the outside."

Another late night protest here. That's an Iran Telephone sign in the background.

This link also notes unconfirmed reports that the real numbers were 45.54% for Mousavi, 31.95% for Karroubi, 13.6% for Ahmadinejad and 8.91% for Rezaei. I noticed that on Twitter last night in Persian but wasn't sure where the numbers had come from.

Keep an eye on this poster from DailyKos as he has been translating a lot of material directly from Persian to everyone's benefit.

Peiknet.com has this title:saying (I think) that someone from the State Ministry has data that the true numbers are 19 million for Mousavi, 7 million for Ahmadinejad, 8 million for Karroubi.

Another huge demonstration in the street from yesterday. The word for freedom they're chanting is âzâdi (آزادی). â is a long a, like fâther instead of the short a in dad.

A video here from the New York Times has a good rundown of the suspicious elements in the election.

I'm seeing reports of protests arranged for 5 pm today throughout the country, as that's when Ahmadinejad will be holding his celebration. Not just Tehran but also Shiraz, Esfahan, Urmia, Ardabil, etc., etc.

Right now just about every tweet in Persian with the term Mousavi (موسوی) is talking about the 12:30 protest. So is this one.

Twitter in English is really tense right now with some saying that the 12:30 (that's one hour from now) meetings are a trap and others are saying that this is a rumour being spread to keep the protests from getting out of hand. I can't confirm either one.

Another diary on DailyKos here has some reports that Mousavi supporters have taken some police buildings, blocked highways into Tehran, etc.

Edit 0733 GMT: I have to go to the temple now to feed my cats, so no updates for a few hours. Keep an eye on this Twitter account as well. Oh, and this one (German, automatically translated into English here).

Edit three hours later: I'm back and the cats are now full, but this post has gotten quite long so I'll be continuing to follow events on this post.